Jeremy Wins Life

There’s a stereotype going around that all Asians look the same. It’s pretty racist, but sometimes it’s true. Cheers to reinforcing that stereotype, in a feature I call “I Look Like Asian People”.

The parallels to me and Osamu Tezuka are pretty close. Osamu is a Japanese cartoonist best known for creating AstroBoy. Though he is Japanese and I am Vietnamese, it is quite uncanny that we both wear glasses and wear black hats. Ofcourse, his is a beret and mine is not. Thanks to Zach Bassett for making the connection!

Do you have any Asian friends? They probably look like me! Send any photos you have of them to me at jeremywinsagainATgmailDOTcom. If you DON’T have Asian friends, snap some photos of some Asians you see on the street. Chances are they look like me, too!

If you don’t want to admit that you stalk people, then I will. I have a Facebook account, a Twitter, and I’m subscribed to at least 50 blogs in my Google Reader. Among them are artists, designers, and even old funny men who don’t really know how to use the internet (like comedian Louis C.K.). Many of these blogs I found after reading one article on their site, and they continued to publish more and more valuable articles.

Some blogs I added to my list after their authors let me know they read mine. I like finding out who is viewing my website because usually they have content I’m interested in seeing myself. Here are 3 people who have checked me out, or who I’ve checked out, and now I follow to see what’s new in their worlds. They also happen to be Asian girls.

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There’s a stereotype going around that all Asians look the same. It’s pretty racist, but sometimes it’s true. Cheers to reinforcing that stereotype, in a feature I call “I Look Like Asian People”.

Andrew Yip?

Or Jeremy Nguyen?

This one is way too uncanny. I only know of Andrew Yip through my friend Sam Wolfe Connelly. Sam says I am the Savannah knock-off to his Virginia original. What’s even  weirder is that Andrew Yip does stand-up comedy. Taking it into an even weirder level is that he seems to be influenced by Demetri Martin’s “Visual Aid” humor, and includes jokes that are drawings (like me!).

He’s based in D.C., so if ever I do comedy up there, I hope the clubs don’t introduce me as him. But somehow I think it might be better to be him than myself. It should also be noted that Andrew Yip has a photography doppelganger. Which is weird, because I, Jeremy Nguyen, have a photography doppelganger, too. I’ve said it so many times, but I must defeat Andrew Yip and gain his powers like Jet Li does in the movie, “The One”.

Do you have any Asian friends? They probably look like me! Send any photos you have of them to me at jeremywinsagainATgmailDOTcom. If you DON’T have Asian friends, snap some photos of some Asians you see on the street. Chances are they look like me, too!